COVID-19: 97 Health Workers In Ashanti Region Infected As Case Count Hits 2,403
The Ashanti Region has recorded 2,403 confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease with health workers accounting for 97, Dr. Emmanuel Tinkorang, the Regional Director of Health Services, has announced.
Dr. Tinkorang who was giving a regional update of the pandemic at a media briefing on Wednesday said 778 had recovered, leaving 1,587 active cases with 38 deaths.
Jun 17, 2020
Health Ministry Receives Tobinco’s Hydroxychloroquine To Treat COVID-19 Patients
Entrance Pharmaceuticals and Research Centre, a leading producer of pharmaceutical products in West Africa and a member of the Tobinco Group of Companies has presented 1,000 courses of Hydroxychloroquine worth over GHS100,000 and 18,000 bottles of Foligrow to the Ministry of Health (MOH).
The donation is aimed at supporting the government in the fight against CoVID-19 in the country. Hydroxychloroquine has been endorsed by WHO for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
Jun 17, 2020
Covid‐19: Man Who Was Jailed For Defilment Tests Positive
Danaah Sulemana, 25, who was sentenced by Tamale Circuit Court to 10 years imprisonment for defiling a two-year old girl has tested positive for the novel Coronavirus.
Danaah Sulemana, a driver's mate was arrested for defiling a two-year old girl at Kumbungu in the Northern region on June 2.
Danaah Sulemana being escorted by police
Jun 17, 2020
Covid‐19: Northern Region Records 15 New Cases
The Northern Region has confirmed 15 new covid-19 cases.
This brings its total cases to 52.
Jun 17, 2020
Prepare For Influenza Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic — WHO Urges Nations
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the world must not lose sight of significant public health issues like influenza which affects every country every year and takes its own deadly toll.
"As we enter the southern hemisphere, influenza season and begin planning for the northern hemisphere season, we must ensure that influenza remains a top priority," it said
Jun 17, 2020
Covid‐19: Tw Patients Die In Tamale
Two persons have succumbed to the Coronavirus in Northern region.
This brings to three the number of death recorded in the Northern region from the infection.
Jun 17, 2020
Covid-19: Salons, Barbering Shops, Markets, ATMs And Handling Cash New Hotspot — Doctor Warns
A Medical Specialist at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Hospital, Dr. Ivy Darkwa, is cautioning people for letting their guard down as the Covid-19 restrictions are being eased.
She said the flu-like symptom is gradually disappearing taking a new shape of infection, warning that infected people should not wait till when they experience flu.
Jun 17, 2020
French government may extend Guiana and Mayotte Covid-19 state of emergency until October 30
The French parliament has put forward an amendment which would effectively extend the state of emergency due to the Covid-19 crisis until 30 October in the overseas territories of Guiana and Mayotte. This as the number of cases increased rapidly in the past week.
"The health crisis has deteriorated in Guiana and Mayotte, which could mean applying further administrative restrictions beyond 10 July," the amended law said.
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Jun 17, 2020
Worshippers in Lagos forced to move elsewhere to pray after Covid-19 review
After a review of Covid-19 cases in Lagos, Nigeria's economic capital, Lagos State Governor Babjide Sanwo-Olu said that houses of worship would remain closed until further notice.
“Due to the continuous increase of #COVID19 cases in our state, we have rescinded till further notice our earlier decision to open churches and mosques for worship,” he said in a tweet on Tuesday, in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
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Jun 17, 2020
French climate activists block sites of ‘toxic’ industries after Covid-19 epidemic
Several dozen groups of environmental activists blocked factories and sites of future Amazon warehouses across France on Wednesday in protests of what they called environmentally and socially harmful economic practices after the Covid epidemic.
The demonstrations followed a call circulating on social media in recent weeks of more than a hundred activist groups to stop the “re-intoxification of the world” after the coronavirus epidemic.
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Jun 17, 2020
Heads Of Basic Schools Admonished To Get Involved In Disinfection Against COVID-19
Waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, which is leading the nationwide disinfection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in educational institutions, has appealed to heads of basic schools to make themselves available for the exercise.
The Western Regional Manager, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Alhaji Abdulai, Abdallah, made the appeal during at the Queen of Peace Academy, which was among a cluster of schools disinfected in Anaj community in the Effia Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly (EKMA) in the Western Region.
Jun 17, 2020
Ahafo Regions Benefit From Disinfection Against COVID-19
Senior High Schools (SHSs) in the Ahafo Region on Tuesday benefitted from the Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service and Zoomlion Ghana Limited disinfection programme against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
The schools were Boakye Tromo Senior High Technical School, in the Tano-North District, Presbyterian Senior High School, Bechem, Bebusco SHS, Serwaa Kesse SHS, Duayaw Nkwanta, Bechem School for the Deaf and Blind, etc., all in the Ahafo Region.
Jun 17, 2020
A/R: Gov’t Working To Set Up Two Covid-19 Hospitals – Oko Boye
Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Bernard Oko Boye, has revealed that Government is taking steps to turn two Hospitals in the Ashanti Region into Covid-19 health facilities.
He says one is being considered at Bekwai.
Dr. Bernard Oko Boye
Jun 17, 2020
COVID-19: PPE Shortage Hit Navrongo Prisons
Authorities at the Navrongo Prisons in the Upper East Region, say strict compliance of COVID-19 protocols by inmates become challenging due to shortage of Personal Protective Equipment coupled with congestion in the prison.
The Navrongo prison was built in 1925 by the Swiss to house 80 inmates for only Second and First-degree felony offenders but now houses 210 inmates sentenced for various offences.
Jun 17, 2020
COVID-19 Deaths Rise To 66
Ghana's covid-19 death count continues to rise with eight more deaths recorded.
There have now been 66 deaths from the virus in Ghana with the total case count rising to 12,590 after 397 new cases.
Jun 17, 2020
Covid-19: Ghana's Cases Hit 12,590
Confirmed cases of Covid-19 has risen to 12,590.
This was after 397 new cases were recorded by the Ghana Health Service (GHS).
Jun 17, 2020
French app StopCovid still facing hurdles amid EU concerns about data access
Since it was rolled out on 2 June, the StopCovid phone app, used to trace coronavirus infections has been downloaded 1.7 million times in France, representing approximately 2 percent of the population. The EU is concerned the way data is stored will be incompatible with other systems across the bloc, while closer to home, the issue of cost has been raised.
It has been a slow start for the StopCovid tracing app launched by the French government two weeks ago, in an effort to curb any further spread of the coronavirus. This as the country leans in to phase three of easing lockdown measures.
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Jun 17, 2020
COVID-19 Fight: Zoomlion Assures MoE, Students Of Completing Disinfection Of SHSs In Oti & Volta Regions
The Volta Regional Director of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Mr. Solomon Denyo, has assured the Ministry of Education (MoE), the Ghana Education Service (GES), teachers, parents and all stakeholders in the education space in the Volta and Oti Regions that his outfit will complete the disinfection of private and public schools in the two regions before schools re-open on Monday, June 22, 2020.
And in order to finish the exercise on time, he disclosed that Zoomlion has engaged external sub-contractors.
Jun 17, 2020
Observance Of Some COVID-19 Protocols Will Be Challenging--Kwarteng Benjamin Admits
The Headmaster of Boakye Tromo Senior High Technical School, Duayaw-Nkwanta in the Tano North District of Ahafo region, Mr. Kwarteng Benjamin has disclosed that complying with all government directives in the aim to protect the students from novel COVID-19 will be of a challenge.
According to him, the school has inadequate classrooms to accommodate students should both the final year and the gold students return.
Jun 17, 2020
Ghana Covid-19 Private Sector Fund Donates 10,000 Test Kits To Noguchi
The Ghana Covid-19 Private Sector fund has donated 10,000 test kits to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ghana’s main testing centre for the novel coronavirus.
The donation forms part of the Funds’ ‘Protect and Resource the Frontline’ initiative, which supports the provision of vital logistics and supplies to health professionals at the frontlines of the battle against Covid-19.
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